Firestone Country Club, Akron, 1990

Photograph of groundskeeper Chris Beck draining a sandtrap on the 12th hole at Firestone Country Club, located on East Warner Road in Akron, Ohio; more than two inches of rain fell days before the World Series of Golf, forcing grounds crew to work hard to clean up the course in time for the tournament.

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Photograph of groundskeeper Chris Beck draining a sandtrap on the 12th hole at Firestone Country Club, located on East Warner Road in Akron, Ohio; more than two inches of rain fell days before the World Series of Golf, forcing grounds crew to work hard to clean up the course in time for the tournament.

This collection includes photographs of Akron and Summit County, Ohio, selected from the archives of the Akron Beacon Journal and contributed through a partnership between the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Images may include crop marks, blacking, opaquing, painting, retouching and other enhancements made prior to publication, including markings that may obscure or revise original elements of the photographs. These markings and enhancements have been left intact intentionally.